Population in the United States compared to Vietnam: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the United States and Vietnam: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	United States	Vietnam	United States	Vietnam
1900	76,094,000	-	-	-
1901	77,584,000	-	1.96%	-
1902	79,163,000	-	2.04%	-
1903	80,632,000	-	1.86%	-
1904	82,166,000	-	1.9%	-
1905	83,822,000	-	2.02%	-
1906	85,450,000	-	1.94%	-
1907	87,008,000	-	1.82%	-
1908	88,710,000	-	1.96%	-
1909	90,490,000	-	2.01%	-
1910	92,407,000	-	2.12%	-
1911	93,863,000	-	1.58%	-
1912	95,335,000	-	1.57%	-
1913	97,225,000	-	1.98%	-
1914	99,111,000	-	1.94%	-
1915	100,546,000	-	1.45%	-
1916	101,961,000	-	1.41%	-
1917	103,268,000	-	1.28%	-
1918	103,208,000	-	-0.06%	-
1919	104,514,000	-	1.27%	-
1920	106,461,000	-	1.86%	-
1921	108,538,000	-	1.95%	-
1922	110,049,000	-	1.39%	-
1923	111,947,000	-	1.72%	-
1924	114,109,000	-	1.93%	-
1925	115,829,000	-	1.51%	-
1926	117,397,000	-	1.35%	-
1927	119,035,000	-	1.4%	-
1928	120,509,000	-	1.24%	-
1929	121,767,000	-	1.04%	-
1930	123,076,741	-	1.08%	-
1931	124,039,648	-	0.78%	-
1932	124,840,471	-	0.65%	-
1933	125,578,763	-	0.59%	-
1934	126,373,773	-	0.63%	-
1935	127,250,232	-	0.69%	-
1936	128,053,180	-	0.63%	-
1937	128,824,829	-	0.6%	-
1938	129,824,939	-	0.78%	-
1939	130,879,718	-	0.81%	-
1940	132,122,446	-	0.95%	-
1941	133,402,471	-	0.97%	-
1942	134,859,553	-	1.09%	-
1943	136,739,353	-	1.39%	-
1944	138,397,345	-	1.21%	-
1945	139,928,165	-	1.11%	-
1946	141,388,566	-	1.04%	-
1947	144,126,071	-	1.94%	-
1948	146,631,302	-	1.74%	-
1949	149,188,130	-	1.74%	-
1950	152,271,417	-	2.07%	-
1951	154,877,889	-	1.71%	-
1952	157,552,740	-	1.73%	-
1953	160,184,192	-	1.67%	-
1954	163,025,854	-	1.77%	-
1955	165,931,202	-	1.78%	-
1956	168,903,031	-	1.79%	-
1957	171,984,130	-	1.82%	-
1958	174,881,904	-	1.68%	-
1959	177,829,628	-	1.69%	-
1960	180,671,158	32,531,933	1.6%	-
1961	183,691,481	33,409,059	1.67%	2.7%
1962	186,537,737	34,288,560	1.55%	2.63%
1963	189,241,798	35,249,101	1.45%	2.8%
1964	191,888,791	36,201,563	1.4%	2.7%
1965	194,302,963	37,129,656	1.26%	2.56%
1966	196,560,338	38,024,836	1.16%	2.41%
1967	198,712,056	38,895,080	1.09%	2.29%
1968	200,706,052	39,734,609	1%	2.16%
1969	202,676,946	40,582,096	0.98%	2.13%
1970	205,052,174	41,475,230	1.17%	2.2%
1971	207,660,677	42,449,276	1.27%	2.35%
1972	209,896,021	43,429,168	1.08%	2.31%
1973	211,908,788	44,409,861	0.96%	2.26%
1974	213,853,928	45,413,537	0.92%	2.26%
1975	215,973,199	46,482,903	0.99%	2.35%
1976	218,035,164	47,684,931	0.95%	2.59%
1977	220,239,425	48,954,872	1.01%	2.66%
1978	222,584,545	50,249,552	1.06%	2.64%
1979	225,055,487	51,378,211	1.11%	2.25%
1980	226,542,250	52,490,101	0.66%	2.16%
1981	229,465,744	53,738,141	1.29%	2.38%
1982	231,664,432	55,011,289	0.96%	2.37%
1983	233,792,014	56,337,921	0.92%	2.41%
1984	235,824,908	57,706,067	0.87%	2.43%
1985	237,923,734	59,060,622	0.89%	2.35%
1986	240,132,831	60,347,048	0.93%	2.18%
1987	242,288,936	61,584,651	0.9%	2.05%
1988	244,499,004	62,843,228	0.91%	2.04%
1989	246,819,222	64,147,348	0.95%	2.08%
1990	250,131,894	65,504,552	1.34%	2.12%
1991	253,492,503	66,891,775	1.34%	2.12%
1992	256,894,189	68,260,337	1.34%	2.05%
1993	260,255,352	69,586,384	1.31%	1.94%
1994	263,435,673	70,854,391	1.22%	1.82%
1995	266,557,091	72,049,940	1.18%	1.69%
1996	269,667,391	73,156,447	1.17%	1.54%
1997	272,911,760	74,226,889	1.2%	1.46%
1998	276,115,288	75,299,660	1.17%	1.45%
1999	279,294,713	76,287,452	1.15%	1.31%
2000	282,162,411	77,154,011	1.03%	1.14%
2001	284,968,955	77,969,361	0.99%	1.06%
2002	287,625,193	78,772,224	0.93%	1.03%
2003	290,107,933	79,563,777	0.86%	1%
2004	292,805,298	80,338,971	0.93%	0.97%
2005	295,516,599	81,088,313	0.93%	0.93%
2006	298,379,912	82,167,897	0.97%	1.33%
2007	301,231,207	83,633,375	0.96%	1.78%
2008	304,093,966	85,175,788	0.95%	1.84%
2009	306,771,529	86,460,018	0.88%	1.51%
2010	309,327,143	87,455,152	0.83%	1.15%
2011	311,583,481	88,468,314	0.73%	1.16%
2012	313,877,662	89,510,356	0.74%	1.18%
2013	316,059,947	90,573,104	0.7%	1.19%
2014	318,386,329	91,679,578	0.74%	1.22%
2015	320,738,994	92,823,254	0.74%	1.25%
2016	323,071,755	94,000,117	0.73%	1.27%
2017	325,122,128	95,176,977	0.63%	1.25%
2018	326,838,199	96,237,319	0.53%	1.11%
2019	328,329,953	97,173,776	0.46%	0.97%
2020	331,526,933	98,079,191	0.97%	0.93%
2021	331,893,745	98,935,098	0.11%	0.87%
2022	333,271,411	99,680,655	0.42%	0.75%
2023	334,914,895	100,352,192	0.49%	0.67%
2024	340,110,988	100,987,686	1.55%	0.63%
2025	341,931,772	101,598,531	0.54%	0.6%
2026	343,664,369	102,177,434	0.51%	0.57%
2027	345,331,185	102,727,392	0.49%	0.54%
2028	346,981,137	103,255,746	0.48%	0.51%
2029	348,601,982	103,761,151	0.47%	0.49%
2030	350,176,974	104,254,900	0.45%	0.48%
2031	351,725,612	104,737,913	0.44%	0.46%
2032	353,249,060	105,204,401	0.43%	0.45%
2033	354,749,644	105,656,307	0.42%	0.43%
2034	356,234,239	106,097,515	0.42%	0.42%
2035	357,694,316	106,530,671	0.41%	0.41%
2036	359,119,002	106,945,842	0.4%	0.39%
2037	360,517,853	107,346,046	0.39%	0.37%
2038	361,895,407	107,732,019	0.38%	0.36%
2039	363,229,908	108,097,653	0.37%	0.34%
2040	364,512,364	108,437,634	0.35%	0.31%
2041	365,753,139	108,752,199	0.34%	0.29%
2042	366,969,419	109,040,314	0.33%	0.26%
2043	368,146,925	109,292,559	0.32%	0.23%
2044	369,258,123	109,506,274	0.3%	0.2%
2045	370,318,770	109,685,396	0.29%	0.16%
2046	371,328,255	109,827,664	0.27%	0.13%
2047	372,299,116	109,930,243	0.26%	0.09%
2048	373,230,539	109,994,024	0.25%	0.06%
2049	374,119,803	110,018,017	0.24%	0.02%
2050	374,986,259	110,008,910	0.23%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the United States increased by 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the United States gained 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

The United States was ranked 3rd most populous country in 2006 and is still 3rd in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the United States' population will grow by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd. The population of Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.